12月8日下午，希腊雅典都会学院学术委员会主席Prof. Dinos莅临我校，以“高等教育的国际化发展”为题开展讲座。武汉学院校监林倩丽教授、常务副校长兼CTO刘科成教授、国际拓展副校长王达金教授和外语系主任陈金平教授受邀出席讲座。全校500余名师生聆听讲座并与Prof. Dinos展开了积极互动。
王达金教授致辞。他简要地介绍了Prof. Dinos的学术研究和高校管理经历，鼓励在场学生积极思考讲座内容，并在互动环节中踊跃地用英语参与讨论。
希腊雅典都会学院学术委员会主席Prof. Dinos（摄影：吴嘉豪）
讲座伊始，Prof. Dinos首先向同学们介绍了国际化教育的意义。他说，在当前全球化的背景之下，高等教育不可闭门造车，而是需要开拓积极地拓宽视野，广泛地收集信息和汲取多样性的知识。近年来，越来越多的大学生选择出国长期或者短期地留学或游学。他们在与老师、学生及行业资深专家的交流和讨论中了解专业发展的前沿信息，在游览活动中丰富了自身对不同国家和不同地域的文化及风土人情的了解。这些对于大学生深入思考所学专业的及锻炼综合应用能力都是大有裨益。
随后，Prof. Dinos通过与在场师生分享了自己在美国加州大学及英国伦敦大学求学的经历。他强调同伴学习(Peer Learning)的重要性，即出国留学的经历不仅促进了自己在学术上的发展和成就，而且在与同事同学进行团队合作的过程，也给予了自己很多的灵感与启发。Prof. Dinos还向在座同学介绍了希腊雅典都会大学及该校正在运行的国际学生项目，并对留学希腊在留学成本、教育质量及文化体验上的优势进行了说明。他鼓励我校师生更多地了解希腊都会大学的暑期游学项目(Summer School)及该校与英国伦敦城市大学(City University of London, UK)合作的硕士项目。
互动环节气氛热烈，同学们就“大学生应该如何学习？”、“如果准备出国留学？”等问题与Prof. Dinos展开交流。当一位大学一年级的学生问道如何找到自己在学习和实践的关注重点时，Prof. Dinos建议广大学生先通过广泛的阅读和交流对所学专业建立一个总体的认识，然后以自己的兴趣和热情为导向，找到一个具体的问题进行深入地探讨和研究。
刘科成教授对讲座进行总结，并代表武汉学院向Prof. Dinos表达了诚挚的感谢。本次讲座全程以英语形式进行，历时1.5小时，受到在座师生的广泛好评。一位国际管理会计CIMA专业的2016级同学感慨：“这是我第一次听全英文讲座，不仅锻炼了我的英语交流能力，讲座的内容对我规划以后的出国留学及职业发展也有很有启发。”
讲座现场（摄影：吴嘉豪）
British Royal Academy Fellow Prof. Dinos Visits Wuhan College
On December 8th, 2016, Prof. Dinos Constantine Arcoumanis, the fellow of the British Royal Academy and the chairman of the academic committee at Greece Metropolitan College, visited Wuhan College and delivered a speech on the topic of Internationalisation of Higher Education in the lecture hall, room 2102. Prof. Judy Lam, the Chancellor of Wuhan College, Prof. Kecheng Liu, Executive Vice-chancellor & CTO, Prof. Dajin Wang, Pro Vice-chancellor of International Development, and Prof. Jinping Chen, Head of Department ofForeign Languages were present. More than 500 students and teachers from many disciplines attended the lecture.
Prof. Dajin Wang first introduced Prof. Dinos in terms of his rich experience of academic research and university management.
Prof. Dinos commenced his speech by introducing the concept and meaning of Educational Internationalisation – good education is worth sharing by all nations. Institutes and universities should help students broaden their horizon, extend their experience, and absorb diversified knowledge. In recent years, an increasing number of university students and graduates have chosen to study abroad for both long- and short- periods. Through the process of communicating and interacting with different teachers, colleagues and other industry professionals, not only have they known the latest trends of their profession, but also gained deep insight of the customs and culture in different places, which enable them to have a further understanding about their study fields and improve their capabilities of solving problems.
Prof. Dinos thenshared his personal experience of studying at California University in U.S. and London University in UK. Based on those stories, he demonstrated the importance of Peer Learning: the experience of studying abroad does not simply build up his capabilities of academic research, but grants him plenty of inspiration for further studies.In addition, Prof. Dinos introduced Metropolitan College, Greece, and explained the its advantages in terms of affordable educational costs, remarkable educational quality, and unique culture experience. Finally, he encouraged students to enquire further information about the summer school programs held in Metropolitan College and the master programs cooperating with City University of London, UK.
In the Q&A section, the audience had a very good discussion with Prof. Dinos about study methods for university students and preparation of studying abroad. When a first-year student asked how to find the focus of both theoretical and practical study, Prof. Dinos suggested that all university students should broadly read diversified reference books and then specify a further research question where their interest and passion lie.
On behalf of Wuhan College, Prof. Kecheng Liu expressed his sincere gratitude to Prof. Dinos at the end of the event. The lecture lasted 2 hours and received appreciation from the audience. A first-year student from CIMA comments: “It was my first time to listen a full-English speech, which polished my capability of English listening as well as oral English communication. Besides, it left me with some thoughtful ideas about planning my career development and studying abroad.”
